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Speak Up on D.C. Schools, Mr. President

The president remains silent about the fate of Michelle Rhee, the successful chancellor of public schools in the nation's capital.

By

William McGurn

Updated Oct. 5, 2010 12:01 a.m. ET

That deafening roar you hear—that's the sound of Barack Obama's silence on the future of school reform in the District of Columbia. And if he doesn't break it soon, he may become the first president in two decades to have left Washington's children with fewer chances for a good school than when he started.

This week President Obama will be out campaigning on the differences between the Republicans and Democrats on education. The primary thrust of his argument—which he repeated yesterday—is that Republicans want to cut...